FEMALE HAIR LOSS

Helen is a 55-year-old who has always had fine, baby-soft hair. But as she got older, her hair became extremely sparse. Her hairdresser found it harder and harder to cover up her scalp as she had stopped growing new hair to replace the naturally shedding hair. While working through Helen’s remaining strands, she told Helen about hair loss in women — how she likely wouldn’t go bald like men, but that it would gradually become thinner and more difficult to manage. Helen decided to do something about it (to be continued.)

Wendy, 41, is an ambitious career woman working in a busy real estate office. Her hair is still very important to her. Her hair was an integral part of the professional image she projects to her clients. She thought she had dodged the genetic bullet of hair loss in women in her family. But when her hairline started receding at the temples and getting thin all over, she knew she could not grow a full head of hair without some help. It was now time to face the music (to be continued.)

Carly is a 28-year-old mother of three young children who also works part time as a social worker. When she started to notice the signs of increasing hair loss last year, she chalked it up to job stress and unbalanced hormones from her last pregnancy. But when she talked it over with her mother, she discovered that her hair growing problem might not be due to pregnancy. The condition runs in her family. The women, she found, were just as likely as the men to experience hair loss. But Carly resolved that it was NOT going to happen to her (to be continued.)

Helen had seen the TV commercials for Rogaine™ (minoxidil) for thinning hair. Helen was sceptical of those claims and other hair loss products. She didn’t like the idea of using strong medications. Most of the products that dealt with hair loss were for men. Helen decided she’d rather hide her thinning hair than risk further harm to her remaining hair. Nervous about people noticing the extent of her hair thinning and falling out. Helen bought herself an expensive wig. She loved the style and color, and it matched the way her hair used to look 10 years ago. But it was so itchy and uncomfortable that she rarely wore it except for special occasions. Meanwhile, her remaining hair became thinner and continued to fall out. She could not deny evidence of her hair falling out when her shower drain pipe became clogged – her husband found out about the problem!

Wendy, our busy real estate agent, had heard about prescription Propecia™ (finasteride) and asked her doctor about it. He said Propecia™ is prohibited for female pattern baldness and thinning hair, because of the risk of birth defects should the woman become pregnant. So she decided to try Rogaine™ lotion for thinning hair. She found that having to leave the solution to dry on her scalp every day was a nuisance, but she persevered. After six months of starts and stops, the inconvenience was considerable and the results were unsatisfactory. She still had thinning hair. Wendy was unconvinced that the lotion would prevent hair from falling out. So Wendy stopped using RogaineTM. She is once again looking for a treatment for female pattern hair loss that works for her.

Carly, our young mom of three, wanted an easy, convenient way to treat her thinning hair. Carly did not have major hair loss yet, but was proactive in her hair care. Her solution had to be natural and safe. She started researching herbal treatments, looking for something safe for thinning hair and with minimal or no known side effects. A friend told her about Bio-Fen PlusTM capsules, saying that her husband was taking them and having good results. When Carly looked at the ingredients list and saw all the botanical extracts and vitamins, she became very interested in Bio-Fen PlusTM. She was surprised that many of those same ingredients could treat thinning hair by themselves! What a combination if all of them were used to treat her AGA. She read that women take Bio-Fen PlusTM once a day in capsule form to treat their female pattern hair loss. Carly decided to try it. That was almost a year ago. Carly says her hair stopped thinning and falling out after about 3 months on Bio-Fen PlusTM, and her hair is even starting to grow back in places. Her hair condition has also improved. Bio-Fen PlusTM was the right solution for her because of its safe, natural composition, ease of use, and low risk of side effects.